On 6 Dec 2017, at 18:13, Clem Cole
<clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Paul Ruizendaal <pnr(a)planet.nl> wrote:
Although Xenix predates Venix, I'm not sure it predates it on PC hardware.
It really depends how you count. I was there at
time when AT&T was negotiating the replacement for the V7 license with 10 of us (the
10 firms included Microsoft - the only time I can say I was in the room with Willy G. -
but that's another story). This work would become the System III license.
Xenix, which was V7 based originally, was target for the generic 8086 systems (as well
as PDP-11, 68K and Z8000) but the Intel support was generic so it included the PC.
[...]
Yes, you are correct: In november 1981 Xenix ran on the Altos 8600. Once you run on one
8086 machine, the next is minor step.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos_Computer_Systems#ACS_8600
Your insights about licensing match with the chart on the ‘seefigure1’ website, and help
explain some things about it.
Paul